Daily Practice · Foundation
August 1985 5-a-day
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Every sheet in August 1985
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- 1st August 1985The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 3x° and (x + 52)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 2nd August 19857 identical pens cost £14.70. Work out the cost of 9 of the same pens.
- 3rd August 1985A cuboid measures 4 cm by 11 cm by 12 cm. Work out its total surface area.
- 4th August 1985The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 5th August 1985A pie chart shows 72 items. One sector has an angle of 20°. How many items does it represent?
- 6th August 1985Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(224) lie?
- 7th August 1985A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 8th August 1985A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 1 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 9th August 1985The point (-8, -2) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 10th August 1985Using only the digits 4, 9, 5 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 11th August 1985Of 69 students, 38 study French, 41 study German and 13 study both. How many study neither?
- 12th August 1985Work out 2/4 x 5/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 13th August 1985Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 4 and t = 6. Work out v.
- 14th August 1985A 1100 g bag of coffee costs £10.45. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 15th August 1985Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 138°, 75° and 35°. Work out the fourth.
- 16th August 1985Here are 6 numbers: 30, 28, 27, 34, 31, 24. Work out the mean.
- 17th August 1985190 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 35 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 18th August 1985A length x is 39 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 19th August 1985A sequence has nth term 3n + 4. Work out the 100th term.
- 20th August 1985£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £360 buy?
- 21st August 1985A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 17 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 22nd August 1985Here are seven numbers: 19, 11, 14, 28, 7, 22, 5. Work out the median and the range.
- 23rd August 1985In a group of 60 students, 20 are boys. 10 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 24th August 1985Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(19) lie?
- 25th August 1985Solve the inequality 2x - 3 >= 1.
- 26th August 1985A recipe for 8 pancakes uses 328 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 pancakes?
- 27th August 1985The point (1, 6) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 28th August 1985A bag holds 4 red, 8 blue and 7 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
- 29th August 1985In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 8 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 30th August 1985Work out 2/6 x 1/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 31st August 1985Simplify 4a + 5b + 9a - 2b.